THE BUZZ: Jade Raymond—producer of the first two Assassin’s Creed releases—says the next chapter of the Splinter Cell franchise will bring back elements of the series that are at the roots of its history.

EGM’s TAKE: Speaking to CVG, Raymond—producer of the game which has been rumored to be titled Splinter Cell Retribution—talked about the focus of this latest title.

“It will have all of the action flick elements for sure, but we’re trying to also explore something a little bit more interesting that is actually one of the themes that’s at the root of the franchise historically, but never has been surfaced so much,” Raymond said in her interview with CVG. “I can’t really say more on this!”

What direction would you like this new Splinter Cell title to go in? Which of those older elements to the series would you like to see return?

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